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Alice Springs
Alice Springs, Northern Territory/Australia Stuart While surveying a route for the Overland Telegraph Line, William Mills discovered some springs in a dried‐up river bed here. He named the river in 1870 the River Todd after Charles Todd (1826–1910) (later Sir Charles Heavitree Todd, Superintendent of Telegraphs for South Australia (1870–1905)) and the springs Alice after Todd's wife. Todd was known as Telegraph Todd, his great project being to cross Australia from Darwin to Adelaide and set up a telegraph service. It took fifteen years (1857–72), but was not quite completed, having a 394‐mile (634 km) gap. The present town originated in 1871 as a telegraph station on the Line, known as Alice Springs. When it became recognized as a town in 1890 it was called Stuart after the Scottish explorer John McDouall Stuart (1815–66). It reverted to Alice Springs in 1933.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alice Springs." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alice Springs." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-AliceSprings.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Alice Springs." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-AliceSprings.html |
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Alice Springs
Alice Springs Town on the River Todd, s Northern Territory, central Australia. Founded in 1860, it is a crucial railhead, livestock shipping centre and supply source for a vast area that includes Ayers Rock. It is the headquarters of the Flying Doctor Service and the School of the Air (radio-linked classes for children living in the ‘outback’). It is the state's second largest town (after Darwin). Pop. (1996) 22,488.
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"Alice Springs." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alice Springs." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-AliceSprings.html "Alice Springs." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-AliceSprings.html |
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Alice Springs
Alice Springs town (1991 pop. 20,448), Northern Territory, Australia. It lies in a pastoral area surrounded by desert near the center of the continent and is a stop on the Adelaide Darwin Railway. The town became important as a telegraph station on the overland route from Adelaide to Darwin. It is now the focus of tourism for central Australia. Gold, copper, tungsten, and mica are mined in the area. |
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"Alice Springs." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Alice Springs." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AliceSpr.html "Alice Springs." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-AliceSpr.html |
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